fat cat

英 [ˈfæt kæt]

美 [ˈfæt kæt]

n.  大亨; 阔佬

牛津词典

noun

• 大亨；阔佬
  a person who earns, or who has, a lot of money (especially when compared to people who do not earn so much)

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大亨;阔佬;大人物
  If you refer to a businessman or politician as afat cat, you are indicating that you disapprove of the way they use their wealth and power.
  1. ...the fat cats who run the bank.
     经营银行的大亨们
  2. ...fat-cat corporate types.
     企业大亨的类型

英英释义

noun

• a wealthy and privileged person

双语例句

• Fat cat is a colloquial way to describe someone who has a lot of wealth and power.
  FatCat是口语上用来描述那些拥有大量的财富和权力的人。
• I can get my fix whenever the pang of envy occurs, then return home to my sleeping, boring, fat cat.
  每次当我看到别人养狗心生妒忌时，我也能很快调整好心态，然后回家接着伺候我那只整天睡觉、无精打采的肥猫。
• At work, a greedy, lazy boss is a "fat cat".
  在工作中，贪婪而懒惰的老板被称为“肥猫”。
• Goldman executives, especially those who had raised millions of dollars for Mr. Obama's election, said they were offended by the president's populist rhetoric, including his famous quip about 'fat cat bankers.'
  高盛的高管们（特别是那些当年曾为奥巴马的竞选活动募集了数百万美元资金的人）说，他们反感奥巴马的民粹主义言论，包括那句有关肥猫银行家的著名俏皮话。
• Experiments in economic psychology have shown that most people would rather have no deal at all than accept a tiny gain while watching a fat cat guzzle the cream.
  经济心理学的实验早已证明，多数人宁可不做交易，也不愿自己接受一个小小的好处，而让别人拿到大头。
• Our vet has been in practice for more than 40 years and he has never seen such a fat cat. Sprinkles was found in a foreclosed house before she was taken to New Jersey animal shelter who sent her to SOS.
  我们的兽医工作了40多年，从来没有见过这么肥的猫，在被美国新泽西州动物收容所送到急救中心之前，斯普林克斯是在一个拍卖屋里被发现的。
• My uncle is a fat cat.
  我叔叔是一个大款。
• He hit the big fat cat's head with the frying pan.
  他看看煎锅，煎锅上有个猫头形状的印子！
• On his way to the park, he met a big fat cat.
  在他的途中对公园，他遇见了一只大肥胖猫。
• A fat cat is a person with a lot of money.
  fatcat是指很有钱的人。